Sales analysis: Family-friendly & casual series are losing their appeal on Nintendo platforms

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eyeofcore said:

famousringo said:

eyeofcore said:
There are a lot of casuals on Xbox and PlayStation so I doubt that there won't be any kind of casuals for Nintendo's platform, if they want to "enjoy" cheap games with utterly low quality comparable to those games right before video game crash from 1983 then so be it and latest news and reports indicate that developers are flocking away from smartphones since it is unprofitable for them.

If those casuals want decent games they either need to game on PC, consoles or handheld's...

Link please?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-09-24-game-devs-ditching-mobile-in-favor-of-pc-console

Thanks for that.

I see they used a question in their headline:

"Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

They interview a number of people, and some say yes, they know developers running to other platforms, while others say this is just mobile getting more competitive and you shouldn't come into the mobile market expecting free money. No consensus from the people interviewed and no hard evidence backs up the headline.

In fact, the only hard number they offer is that "Nearly half of the app developers surveyed made no profit at all." Which means that more than 50% actually did earn a profit, a batting average that compares really favourably with the mere 20% of console games that earn a profit. I know which casino I'd want to play in.